A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract final month for a flood warning system that will have been used to assist with emergency response, native authorities officers mentioned in response to a request by ABC Information.
“An preliminary kickoff assembly was scheduled for mid-July,” an unidentified spokesperson for the realm’s Joint Data Middle wrote.
However the floodwaters of the Guadalupe River did not watch for Kerr County’s know-how to catch up.
Now, with a minimum of 118 flood-related fatalities reported in Central Texas this week, a assessment of minutes of native authorities conferences exhibits that some county commissioners, sheriffs and different leaders have urged improved flood warning systems within the space for many years.
As ABC Information first reported, throughout a gathering on April 17 of this 12 months, the Higher Guadalupe River Authority’s Board of Administrators unanimously voted to pick an organization often called Kisters “because the agency to develop a Flood Warning System in Kerr County.”
Bushes emerge from flood waters alongside the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Heavy rainfall triggered flooding alongside the Guadalupe River in central Texas with a number of fatalities reported.
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Assembly minutes present the corporate was slated to obtain a contract price as much as almost $73,000 as a part of the proposed system.
The contract was for “a centralized dashboard to assist native flood monitoring and emergency response,” which might permit emergency managers to view real-time streamflow and rainfall information all on one platform, in response to native officers.
The system wouldn’t difficulty public alerts, the officers famous, however would as an alternative function “a decision-support useful resource meant to enhance present infrastructure.”
Kisters didn’t reply to a number of requests for remark from ABC Information.
The spokesperson for the Joint Data Middle advised ABC Information, “in gentle of latest occasions the timeline [of the new system] will probably be reevaluated.”
